Cultivator attachment



1 FULLER.- GULTI VATOR ATTACHMENL APPLICATION FILED JULY 8,19'21.

Patented Oct, 24, 1922.

2 SHEEPSHEET 1.

L 1: 13 a a J. FULLER. CULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION man JULY 8.19m.

lPatemedl 006. 24, 11922. 2 SHEETS-SHEEI 2.

rashes one eaa JOE FULLER, F SUIVEBATJL, MISETEFJIPPI.

ciu'n'rivaron BLTTIACHMEESIT.

Application'filed July $1, 1921. Serial No. 1513372 To (ZZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, don FULLER, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Sumrall, in the county otLamar and Fitate O1! Mississ ppi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivator At 1 tachments; and I do hereby declare the tot lowing to be tull clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Wlll enable others skilled 1n the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

The invention relates to farming implements for truck gardening and provides an attachment which may be utilized for cultivating or harrowing or for preparing bedded land aheadoif the planter andat the same time whensowing the seed.

The. attachment is interchangeable with the ordinary plow shovel and maybe attached to the standard or plow stock by a bolt in substantially the same manner as the plow shovel. j i

Other objects and advantages will be ap 1 parent and suggest themselves as the nalJIlI'GOT the invention is understood.

l/Vhile the drawings illustrate an embodi mentor the invention it is tobe understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form proportion and 11111101 details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of theinvention.

1 Figure 1 is a top plan view of the attachinent.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof. Figure 3 is a detail perspectiveviewof the head. i v

Figure 41- is a detail perspectiveview of the forward portion of one of the bars Figure 5 is sectional detailon the line mafof Figure 1, and j 1 Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of one (it the tooth receivingblocks.

Corresponding and like parts are re-- ferred to in the following description and des gnated in the several views of the drawinns by like reference characters.

The attachment comprises a head 1 which consists of a block having a notch 2 in its rear side to receive the plow standard or stock 3' The front side of the head 1 is preferably flat and inclined slightly to re- 41 and give the ceive a cultivator blade y proper set thereto. A bolt 5 extendmg transversely through the head 1 serves to 1 bars 11..

secure the cultivatonblade stthereto and fastens the head 1 to the plow standard or stock 3. Vertical openings 6 are torined in opposite end portions of the head 1 and. re-

ceive teeth 7, the latter being secured in the openings in the required adjusted posi* tion by means of clamp screws The head 1. is so formed at opposite ends in the rear of the openings 6 to provide approximately circularportions 91 which arecentrally apertured to receive bolts 10' where by barsll are secured to the head 1 in the required adjusted position. The circular portions 9 of the head 1 appear on the top side thereof and constitute seats for the reception of the circular ends 12 of the pivoted The circular ends 12 fit the seats 9 snugly and are centrally apertured to receive the bolts 10. The opposing faces of the seats 9 and circular ends 12 are toothed whereby to provide positive interlocking ends to retain the bars 11 in the required adjusted position. In the preferable construction the head 1 consists of a substantial casting which is so formed as to be comparativelylight and capable of resisting the strain to which it will be subjected in service.

The bars 11 are of like formation, each having its forward end flattened and made round to provide the circular portion 12 to match the circular seats 9. Teeth 13 are located at intervals in the length of the bars 11 and are secured thereto by means of blocks 14 and U 'bolts 15. The blocks 1 1 are recessed in opposite sides to receive a bar 11 and a tooth 13, The U-holts 15 securing both the teeth 13 and the blocks 141 to the bars 11. Straps or like connections L 16 attached to the rear portions of the bars 11 serve materially to secure the same in the required adjusted position. The straps or connections 16 overlap and are formed I with a plurality oi openings to receive bolts forwardly or rearwardlyaccording to the nature of work in, hand when preparing fitted land for planting, the bars 11 are inclined forwardly, but for ordinary purposes of cultivating the bars 11 are inclined rear- Wardly. It is to be understood that one or-the other of the bars 11 maybe omitted if desired according to the particular result to be attained. When one of the tooth carrying bars 11 is omitted the attachment cultivates one side of a row only and when both bars are in position both sides 01 a row are cultivated at the same time as Will be readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is l. A cultivator attachment of the character specified comprising a head having its front side flat and inclined to receive a blade and having its rear side notched to receive a plow standard, and having a bolt opening extemling through the front and rear and having horizontally disposed circular seats and vertical tooth receiving openings at opposite ends.

:2. In a cultivator attachment: ot the char acter specified, a head provided in its rear side with a recess for receiving a plow steel: and ha *ing vertical openings in opposite end portions for the reception of teeth and having circular seats in the rear of the vertical openings for receiving the circular ends ol' tooth carrying bars which are adapted to be pivotally and :u'ljustably eonneeted thereby.

In testimony whereof I aiiixed n1y signature in presence of two witnesses.

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\Vitnesses JNO. L. Animrs, W. D. EASTERLING. 

